Hamed Wardak and Improvements in Afghanistan Culture

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 in Afghanistan, Hamed Wardak

History and culture are important in any country.  Afghanistan is no different.  For people like Hamed Wardak who are proud of their heritage, the ceremony marking the beginning of phase two of Kabul’s Qazi historical garden is good news.  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued the following press release on the matter: “Most of the trees in the original 3.5 hectare historical garden were cut down during the Russian occupation and the site was used briefly as a market and later a garbage dump for trash and human waste. Last year the Kabul Municipality decided to restore the garden to its original state and began working with a German NGO to clean up the site and remove the crumbling buildings from the old market.”